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one other thing...as if I haven't rambled enough, lol... Because of health issues, I've eliminated EVERYTHING at some point or another. Two things that I discovered with that: 1) A person can become allergic/sensitive to things that they indulge in: so too much of "anything" can be a bad thing. Overdosing on certain foods…

I've never been totally against IF. It just doesn't always fit my lifestyle. I know a lot of people that have had great success w/it, and that's why I always say, that once your body has learned that you'll feed it no matter what, you eat at the schedule that works best for you. I know that IF works well for people with…

Becca gave you an awesome list to get ya started. We are putting together a "starter kit" for the website, and it will include a section on "what to expect" monthly, as well as a break down of all the "rules" and terminology, lol

yep, it's up. that's where you'll find us when we have spare moments (still wondering what those are? :huh: ) Kiki

typically it's the opposite..most people deflate rapidly in the first week or two :frown:

My last bulk was about 4 months, I aimed for a .5lb gain/wk, "gained" about 10-12lbs, 4-5 of which were gone by like the second week of my cut (water), so I don't technically count them, lol.:tongue: It seems like bulks are mentally draining for a lot of people. I, personally, love bulking. Idk if maybe my first bulk wore…

THAT is how I was feeling, lol. Going back to cut should suck, lol.... I DREAD cutting. And I only cut at around 8-10%, because I just CAN'T eat any less than that ROFL Kiki

If it's honestly muscle, then you would reduce it by doing nothing. Then your muscles would atrophy and voila, no more muscle. The only thing with that, as the ladies above me have stated, if there is a layer of fat over muscle, then it "appears" like we are bulking up really fast. Muscle always forms underneath the fat,…

I feel your pain at seeing the scale creep up 10lbs. :cry: It seems so contradictory, and if I were in your place (and still at the beginning of my journey) I would feel the same way, and would probably look at someone saying what I'm about to say as insane. But having lived to see the other side of it, I can tell you from…

About 5 days for me. 3 lift, 2 cardio (on a good week, lol). If anything gets skipped, it's usually cardio :P ~Kiki

Well, we've launched the "real" forum now, so I sure hope you've been able to sign on there! Lol. We'll get these kinks worked out, one way or another...

:( I'm not sure why it's doing that, it shows you as active and registered on the back end. try resetting your password, and see if it recognizes your email address

Wow! Ask and you shall receive! Thanks so much for all the moderator responses! I think that we have quite a few now, so we will be working with what we have and seeing if it is enough, but the rest of you will be on "standby" as the first we will call, lol... It's summer, and all of us are super busy, so it's up in the…

Bummer. I'll look into it from the back end and make sure everything looks ok. Thanks for letting us know. That's why we need help testing. We need to make sure the forum will be able to "handle" all of us, lol. Although, the tester one is being hosted on a free hosting server right now (unlike the "real" one will be…

YAY!! That's so awesome!!

Ooh, I like this! There is SO much to know about her DVDs. I would love to slowly start putting out review on different ones ( I have most of them) and maybe even have a section of the forum dedicated to it where others can review as well. We all like different things (I for one, OWN most of her step workouts, but I stink…

The new forum will alleviate this. You will be able to search by user, and track any thread that you've ever spoken in. You can also look go threads posted in or started by other members. You can even narrow it down based on date/ time frames. This is a HUGE plus of the new forum. The search features are much more in…

Keep at it. It's worth it! It is not gonna be easy, but most things worth fighting for aren't. Any of us that have done the reset have been there, so you are not alone. It will take time for your body to fully comprehend what's happening, but consider the alternative. A lifetime of bondage to lower cals is not worth the…

We do love this idea, and I think I mentioned up there somewhere that we are looking into that exact thing. Of course, many of the ideas that we'd love to incorporate, such as this one and many of the other calculators, nutrition, meal planning software type deals will cost not only time, but resources ($$) as someone has…

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Great ideas! So you mean similar to the spot that we did on Nicole, but focusing more on the first 8 wks? http://eatmore2weighless.com/nicole-the-long-haul/

We actually have that section on the test forum ;) Check it out :)

Most of the vids are actually spoken versions of what's already been written in blog or other format. So they are just "extra" ;). You'll find most of the info written out as well. I'm a reader, as well as a writer, but many people get overwhelmed by my bullet points, lol, so we created the vids as an accompaniment :) The…

We have opened up a test forum for those that would like to test it out and give an opinion. It's not "official" so it will still have ads...for now :wink: but if we decide to go with this feature, we will be using paid hosting (vs free) so we will have control over any ads (great tip, btw, Cleanandlean! We'll look into…

Thanks for your honesty, that's why we're asking. Although the suggestions were made privately, the general consensus on the "members" area were: •An opportunity for clients or others who need more personalized info, and one on one interaction. We give a lot of general info, but when someone works with us personally, they…

We've also had requests for members only areas, newsletters, even personal training/ meal coaching, etc.. Thoughts?? Useful to you? What would expect to see or have delivered from features like that?

Thanks for such detail, Nicole!

Bump. Lol. Trying to resist making another sticky.. stuff hits page 2 so fast... :P

Absolutely. If we see things get out of control, we squash it ASAP. This is a place for support, & reprieve from what is typically seen in the forums. I've been on many forums in my day, and sadly the bashing concept is very mainstream. Just as we are veering from the norm with our eating approach, we desire strongly to be…

I'm w/Lucia.. :sad: :cry: :sad: :cry: :sad: :cry: :sad: :smile: and yes PLEASE, everyone pay it forward! Adopt a newbie! :flowerforyou: because we all were one at some point :wink: The more we all do our part to spread the word, and help one another, the bigger the fam grows. It's the community effort from y'all, that…